Adam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation.

Andrew Wallace (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the member for Melbourne claim to have been misrepresented?

Adam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yes, I do. During question time, the Prime Minister said: 'The Labor Party's policies on emissions reduction are the same as the policies of the Greens. How do I know that? We know that from the leader of the Greens himself.' Not only did I never say such a thing, I never could have. Labor, like the Liberals, have said their targets aren't science based, whereas ours are. Labor, like the Liberals, have said they support 114 new coal and gas mines being opened, whereas we don't. Labor have said that under their policies there will be the same amount of coal in the system as under the Liberals, whereas we want a phase-out. Labor have said that coal will continue to be exported and mined in the 2050s, whereas we want a moratorium. Labor in this place has voted with the Liberals to open up the Beetaloo gas basin, including using public moneys for it, whereas we oppose it. If the Prime Minister were to be at all truthful, instead of misrepresenting me, he would have said that Labor's embrace of coal and gas puts them far closer to the Liberals than it ever does to us.